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1. MFC Multi-Function Controller
   5/9/2013

   The MFC multi-function controller is the most accurate, reliable and versatile instrument for analysis and control of disinfection processes in drinking water, process water and wastewater applications.

2. Clearlogx™ Process Optimization System for Water Chemistry Automation Brochure
   5/8/2013

   The Clearlogx™ Process Optimization System from Siemens is an automated chemical feed system that optimizes soluble organic removal, reduces chemical costs and enhances municipal water treatment plant performance.

3. Public Works And Ethics Go Hand In Hand
   3/28/2013

   Ethical behavior helps us live and work in a civil society. Human nature dictates that we act in our own self-interest in most circumstances unless we feel a moral obligation to others or society. By Harry C. Lorick

4. Reliable Water Service And The Economy
   11/20/2012

   The American Society of Civil Engineers grades both wastewater and drinking water systems a D-, the lowest ratings of any infrastructure category, including our aging highways and bridges.

5. Alternative Workweeks: Productivity Vs. Employee Benefit
   11/7/2012

   Public agency managers face increasingly limited public funds with demands for increased accountability and greater pressures for transparency of choices for employee work schedules. By Joyce Lorick, LA Consulting, Inc.

6. Siemens Memcor® CS Ultrafiltration System Helps Pauls Valley, OK Meet LT2ESWTR
   8/3/2012

   Facing aging infrastructure and more stringent drinking water regulations, the City of Pauls Valley, OK undertook a rigorous pilot testing program to establish design parameters for a new water treatment plant which would achieve compliance for turbidity, pathogen, and organic removal. By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Water Technologies

7. Public Utility Uses Re-Injection Of Treated Arsenic Contaminated Water To Reduce Underground Plume Leaching
   6/20/2012

   In December 2009, Siemens was contacted to treat groundwater for arsenic removal to achieve a 1 ppb goal. The 1 ppb goal limit is equivalent to 10 percent of the current drinking water standard in California and represents the first request at this low treatment goal in the US.

8. Asset Inspections Are Optimal Tool For Maintenance And Capital Improvement
   5/22/2012

   Infrastructure asset inspection process is a tool that identifies deficiencies, creates backlog, establishes proactive maintenance, and monitors life cycles; as well as assists agencies in identifying projects for their Capital Improvement Program (CIP). These inspections can provide both a short-term benefit through work identification for repair and maintenance efforts and a long-term benefit of project identification of new capital improvements and enhancement. By Michael Garcia, PSM, Program Manager II , Seminole County Public Works and Chandra Greiner, CPM, Consultant, LA Consulting

9. Overhead Is Over Our Head
   4/19/2012

   This discussion provides a brief description of the different types of overhead and a specific methodology for calculating an avoidable overhead rate that can be for both maintenance and operations. By Billy Wright, Consultant, LA Consulting; Chandra Greiner, Consultant, LA Consulting

10. Mobility Innovations For The Next Generation Utility
    3/27/2012

    Mobility applications have evolved to the point that some utilities have been able to completely eliminate the use of paper in the field. Screens may be customized to accommodate any desired report functions from meter changes to service requests to scheduled inspections and maintenance so that all data for reporting is captured electronically in the field and redundant data entry is eliminated.